Weekly Betting Tips

Penn State +3 at Minnesota- Minnesota hasn't earned the right to be favored against anyone other than Illinois, Northwestern, or Indiana.

LSU pick 'em at Florida- LSU has looked better in its one loss than Florida has in its five wins. I know I'm going against the Swamp and the Pizza Parlor Index but LSU will be this year's argument for a playoff come December.

Oklahoma +6 vs. Texas- I thought this was gonna be a pick 'em. Freshman quarterbacks don't win this game. Give me the perennial winner and points in a rivalry game everytime.

Oregon + 7.5 at California- It's easy to underestimate Oregon, they play in Oregon, they look stupid in those Phil Knight on acid uniforms. They have no name players, they play at 1am sometimes. They won a game they shouldn't have. My brother still plays for California, they're at home. But California has lost betters a lot of money this year, perhaps more than any other team.

Miami, FL -13.5 vs. North Carolina- Not sure how many "Fire Coker" banner planes will be rented this Saturday. How much does that cost anyway? It'd be a fun way to fuck with people.

Syracuse +9 vs. Pittsburgh- Call me a pollyanna, call me a homer. Just call me. KeriAnn and I are taking the trip up to lovely Central New York for Homecoming. If it's bloggable I will blog it. But anyway two betting factors are in play here 1) team who hasn't beaten any proven teams versus top-tier conference team with a Senior (actually I think Tyler Palko's been playing college football for ten years)Quarterback getting points in an expected "reality check" game and 2) Road favorite in-conference. Syracuse has played the perfect schedule for a program trying to remember how to win. It's not a cliche that Winning is an Attitude and Syracuse has that attitude right now, they're winning games they shouldn't win. Add that with a fanbase who might be coming along for the ride and I don't see Pitt running away with anything Saturday.

Tennessee pick'em at Georgia- Tennessee's offense is a machine, UGA's is not. The hedges shall burn.

Notre Dame -30 vs. Stanford- I usually stay away from these spreads, mainly because Brady Quinn could be out of pads by mid 3rd quarter and God knows what could happen. But Stanford is this bad.

Bonus: Northern Illinois -10.5 at Miami (OH) Miami OH should be very afraid of what Garrett Wolfe is going to do to them. VERY AFRAID.

Gator-Aided

Wins by Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilit and UCF, helped Florida leapfrog over USC to take over the No. 1 spot in this week's Pizza Parlor Index even though both teams won their games Saturday. While the Gators opponents were feasting on teams not on Florida's schedule the Pac Ten started round-robin league play last week (everytime USC wins, those teams will go 4-5 each week). Whether or not Florida will be able to stay number one is another story. They begin a brutal October schedule this week at home against LSU...

Syracuse fittingly is up to 44th.

Rank Team PPIndex
1 Florida 85.376
2 USC 84.545
3 Ohio State 83.315
4 Michigan 83.273
5 Auburn 83.130
6 Oregon 82.857
7 Georgia 82.753
8 Louisville 82.311
9 Rutgers 82.067
10 Wake Forest 81.751
11 West Virginia 81.648
12 Missouri 81.377
13 Boise State 75.252
14 Tennessee 71.507
15 LSU 70.946
16 Washington 70.384
17 Notre Dame 70.255
18 Clemson 69.188
19 Oklahoma 69.010
20 Iowa 68.796
21 California 68.735
22 Texas 68.205
23 UCLA 67.993
24 Texas A&M 67.766
25 Pittsburgh 67.595
26 Texas Tech 67.426
27 Florida State 66.879
28 Nebraska 66.830
29 Boston College 66.689
30 Virginia Tech 66.557
31 Wisconsin 66.487
32 Georgia Tech 65.906
33 Arkansas 65.359
34 Purdue 64.898
35 Navy 62.843
36 Oklahoma State 62.811
37 Houston 62.362
38 Tulsa 62.216
39 Maryland 62.122
40 Western Michigan 60.302
41 Air Force 60.029
42 Washington State 59.064
43 Michigan State 58.653
44 Syracuse 58.268
45 TCU 57.634
46 Colorado State 56.261
47 Alabama 56.241
48 San Jose State 55.387
49 South Carolina 54.422
50 Brigham Young 53.716
51 Indiana 53.476
52 Kentucky 53.074
53 Penn State 52.635
54 Nevada 52.022
55 Arizona State 51.983
56 Northwestern 51.624
57 Iowa State 51.536
58 Bowling Green 50.806
59 Kansas State 50.758
60 Kent State 50.716
61 South Florida 50.628
62 Minnesota 48.819
63 Utah 48.352
64 Southern Miss 48.281
65 New Mexico 48.004
66 Kansas 47.905
67 Southern Methodist 46.817
68 UTEP 46.021
69 Northern Illinois 45.912
70 Middle Tennessee State 45.339
71 Connecticut 44.443
72 Arkansas State 44.234
73 Army 43.926
74 Virginia 43.408
75 Oregon State 42.610
76 Central Michigan 41.730
77 North Carolina State 41.477
78 Miami, FL 40.307
79 Akron 40.066
80 UAB 39.501
81 Cincinnati 38.315
82 Vanderbilt 38.139
83 Arizona 37.997
84 Hawaii 37.170
85 Baylor 37.069
86 Illinois 36.975
87 Mississippi 35.396
88 Fresno State 35.281
89 Mississippi State 34.516
90 Louisiana-Lafayette 33.832
91 Tulane 33.625
92 Ball State 33.136
93 Ohio 32.766
94 Toledo 32.692
95 Buffalo 32.630
96 UCF 32.312
97 East Carolina 32.235
98 Idaho 31.956
99 Rice 31.438
100 Wyoming 30.522
101 Florida Atlantic 26.157
102 North Texas 25.437
103 Stanford 23.548
104 Colorado 23.146
105 North Carolina 22.347
106 Duke 20.614
107 Temple 19.059
108 San Diego State 18.425
109 Miami, OH 18.103
110 Eastern Michigan 17.948
111 Memphis 17.249
112 Marshall 17.239
113 UNLV 17.162
114 Louisiana Tech 16.953
115 New Mexico State 16.652
116 Utah State 16.284
117 Florida International 15.544
118 Louisiana-Monroe 14.883
119 Troy 14.868